Had a bit of a sleep in and then met up with Anastasi and Yevgeny and went to the Balakovo museum, which had a pretty good display of local history artifacts and personalities, as well as the WWII room.
Headed back to the hotel, got my bicycle stuff together, and then headed up the road to Pugachev. The first 40km went pretty well with a side/head wind that pushed me along pretty well. Sadly, I had taken the northern road, which then turned SE into the wind, which
slowed me down to about 12km/h. Finished the 8km into the headwind, and then turned 90 degrees onto a good road protected on both sides by arboreal walls. The last 10km into Pugachev turned out to be a little difficult as the road turned windward and the trees disappeared. Reached town an hour later and grabbed food for the evening's camping. Headed out of town and then found a cheap motel to throw my stuff into! Sadly, the sky had clouded over and rain was in the forecast for the morrow. Nichevo.
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